TABLE OF CONTENTS PRO/AFF

*bolded files represent bacon* DEFINITIONS / GENERAL / FRAMEWORK (DEF) 1. 2. BENEFITS = PUBLIC + PRIVATE BURDENS EXPLAINED

DECLINING VALUE (DEC) 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. INCREASING ATTENDENCE IS CAUSING A LOSS IN VALUE MORE THAN HALF OF AMERICANS SAY ITS NOT WORTH IT TOO MANY DEGREES MEAN VALUE HAS GONE DOWN WEVE REACHED SATURATION POINT FOR COLLEGE DEGREES PLUMBERS MAKE MORE THAN PROFESSORS ACADEMIC QUALITY BEGINNING TO DECLINE EDUCATION HAS BECOME DOWNWARD SPIRAL OF WASTEFULNESS

EDUCATION (EDU) 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. COLLEGE LOSING GOAL OF INTELLECTUAL GROWTH COLLEGE KIDS EMPIRICALLY NOT LEARNING ANYTHING COLLEGE NO LONGER USED FOR STUDYING BAD FOR MAJORITY OF STUDENTS COLLEGE IS NOT AN EFFECTIVE INVESTMENT COLLEGE GRADS MAKE MORE BUT DONT LEARN ANYTHING: INJUSTICE PROFESSOR: I CANT TEACH KIDS JOBS I DONT KNOW HOW TO DO COLLEGE IS A JOKE THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH REQUIRED COURSES TIME SPENT STUDYING HAS DECLINED IF EDUCATION IS ABOUT LEARNING, NO NEED TO PAY VOCATIONAL MAJORS ARE A WASTE OF COLLEGE TIME COLLEGE STUDENTS DONT LEARN ANYTHING

FACULTY AND TEACHERS (FAC) 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. FACULTY LITERALLY INCENTIVIZED TO DO LESS PROFESSORS NOT INVESTED IN STUDENTS SUCCESS UNIVERSITIES SUBJECT TO ADMINISTRATIVE BLOAT MORE ADMINISTRATORS THAN TEACHERS AT COLLEGE BEING GOOD TEACHER IS KISS OF DEATH FOR PROFESSOR

EDUCATION BUBBLE (BUB) 28. COLLEGE BUBBLE = REAL-ESTATE BUBBLE 29. EDUCATION IS IN A BUBBLE RIGHT NOW 30. EDUCATION BUBBLE IS ABOUT TO BURST COLLEGE IS BAD IN GENERAL (BAD) 31. OF AMERICANS DONT FINISH COLLEGE, 60% NEED REMEDIAL COURSES

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COLLEGE GRADS IN CAREERS THAT DONT REQUIRE DEGREES COLLEGE NOT WORKING TO AFFORDABLY EDUCATE DIVERSE STUDENTS COLLEGE ONLY GOOD FOR 10 TO 15 PERCENT COLLEGE BAD FOR THE BOTTOM 40% OF STUDENTS ONLY 25% GET GOOD FINANCIAL/PERSONAL RETURN COLLEGE IS BENEFICIAL FOR ONLY 5% OF H.S. GRADS AMERICAN EDUCATION SYSTEM IS FAILING COLLEGES ARE NOT TRANSPARENT ENOUGH 45% OF PEOPLE DONT GET B.A. IN SIX YEARS ONLY 23% OF STUDENTS ARE READY FOR COLLEGE FAILURE IN COLLEGE IS DEVASTATING 45% OF STUDENTS DONT GRADUATE

DEBT (DEB) 44. 45. 46. 47. COLLEGE DEBT SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTS LIFE CHOICES POSSIBLE TO EARN MORE WITHOUT COLLEGE DEGREE NOT ALL MAJORS ARE WORTH THE DEBT DEBT SIGNIFICANTLY IMPAIRS LIVES OF GRADUATES

COLLEGE HURTS SOCIETY (SOC) 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. COLLEGE IS A DRAIN ON ECONOMY/SOCIETY NEGATIVE CORRELATION BETWEEN COLLEGE AND ECONOMY COLLEGE ATTENDENCE HURTS OUR ECONOMY COLLEGE IS MOSTLY INDIVIDUAL BENEFIT, LITTLE SOCIETAL MORAL OBLIGATION TO DESTROY THE ROLE OF COLLEGE COLLEGE TOO SELFISH IS NOT BENEFITTING SOCIETY EDUCATION HAS STOPPED BENEFITTING SOCIETY, ONLY INDIVIDUALS COLLEGE HAS NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES TO SOCIETY NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES DOMINATE POSITIVE ONES HIGH COLLEGE COSTS ENCOURAGE RISKY BEHAVIOR COLLEGE DEGREES NO LONGER THE KEY TO SAVING SOCIETY COLLEGES MAY HAVE DESTRUCTIVE EFFECT ON SOCIETY

INDIVIDUALS HURT BY COLLEGE (INDIV) 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. TECHNOLOGY REPLACES LAWYERS AND ENGINEERS COLLEGE GRADS DONT EARN ENOUGH TO KEEP UP W/ COSTS EDUCATED JOBS MORE LIKELY TO BE COMPUTERIZED EDUCATED JOBS MORE OFFSHORABLE ONLY 2 OF 10 FASTEST GROWING JOBS REQUIRE COLLEGE

ANSWERS-TO (A/T) 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. A/T TUITION INCREASE REFLECTS QUALITY INCREASE A/T COLLEGE GRADS EARN MORE MONEY A/T COLLEGE TEACHES STUDENTS HOW TO THINK A/T COLLEGE TEACHES GOOD WORK HABITS A/T POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES: CANT MEASURE A/T EDUCATION KEY TO POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT A/T OBAMA STUDENT LOAN POLICY A/T DECLINING TIME SPENT STUDYING IS GOOD

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A/T COLLEGE DECREASES INCARCERATION A/T COLLEGE GRADS ARE BETTER VOLUNTEERS A/T EDUCATION PROTECTS FROM TECH CHANGES INCOME GAP IS CORRELATION, NOT CAUSATION

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DEFINITIONS / GENERAL / FRAMEWORK (DEF) 1. 2. 3. PRIMARY PURPOSE OF COLLEGE IS INDIVIDUAL, NOT PUBLIC GOOD ANSWER TO RESOLUTION IS NOT UNIVERSAL BENEFITS = PUBLIC AND PRIVATE

COLLEGE IS GOOD FOR SOCIETY (SOC) 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. COLLEGE IS IMPORTANT FOR SOCIETY AS INTELLIGENCE TEST COLLEGE SOCIALIZES SEPARATE BACKGROUNDS TO MAINSTREAM LACK OF COLLEGE EDUCATION IS TEARING APART NATIONS SOCIAL FABRIC AREAS WITH COLLEGE GRADS DO BETTER UNIVERSAL EDUCATION IS KEY TO ECONOMIC DOMINANCE COLLEGE IS OF CRITICAL IMPORTANCE TO ECON + SOCIETY COLLEGE HAS POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES TO SOCIETY EDUCATION IS KEY TO POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT COLLEGE GRADS HELP LOCAL ECONOMIES TUITION PAYS FACULTY SALARY, FACULTY RESEARCH IS GOOD COLLEGES ARE GOOD FOR COLLEGE TOWNS SOCIETY AT LARGE BENEFITS FROM COLLEGE ATTENDANCE COLLEGE STUDENTS = HIGHER WAGES FOR EVERYONE COLLEGE EDUCATION IS GOOD FOR CO-WORKERS SOCIETAL BENEFITS TO COLLEGE EDUCATION COLLEGE ERODES NARROW-MINDEDNESS, ENCOURAGES PLURALISM COLLEGE GRADS DONATE BLOOD BENEFITS OF COLLEGE TO SOCIETY

COLLEGE IS GOOD FOR THE INDIVIDUAL (INDIV) 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. UNEMPLOYMENT RATES DECLINE FOR MOST EDUCATED COLLEGE GRADS MAKE 75% MORE THAN HIGH SCHOOL GRADS YOUR KIDS WILL BE BETTER OFF COLLEGE GRADS BETTER OFF SOCIALLY, NOT JUST ECONOMICALLY COLLEGE GRADS HAVE BETTER FRIENDSHIP NETWORKS COLLEGE GRADS ARE HEALTHIER, MORE SOCIAL INCREASING EDUCATION DECREASES UNEMPLOYMENT INCREASING COLLEGE EDUCATION INCREASES INCOME EDUCATION ADDS RICHNESS TO LIFE COLLEGE GRADUATES RESILIENT TO RECESSION COLLEGE DEGREE KEY TO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY DEGREE HOLDERS MAKE 84% MORE OVER LIFE COLLEGE IS THE ONLY WAY TO MIDDLE-CLASS STATUS COLLEGE BENEFITS EVERYONE EVEN BLUE-COLLAR WORKERS COLLEGE = GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, WORK ETHIC, SOCIAL SKILLS BENEFITS OF COLLEGE = DOMINANTLY INDIVIDUAL COLLEGE EDUCATION SHOWS EMPLOYERS YOURE A GOOD WORKER COLLEGE GRADS LIVE MORE FULFILLING LIVES MORE EDUCATED MOTHERS = HIGHER QUALITY KIDS COLLEGE ALLOWS YOU TO LIVE AND WORK ANYWHERE COLLEGE ACTS AS TECH HEDGE AGAINST FUTURE CHANGES

43. COLLEGE HAS TREMENDOUS PSYCHOLOGICAL BENEFITS BENEFITS TO COLLEGE IN GENERAL (BEN) 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. COLLEGE ENSURES PEOPLE HAVE BROAD LEARNING GRADUATES SAY COLLEGE WAS WORTH IT COLLEGE WAS WORTH IT TO PREPARE FOR JOBS GRADUATES: COLLEGE WAS GOOD INVESTMENT ONLY 4% OF GRADUATES WISH THEY HADNT GONE TO COLLEGE COLLEGE IS GROWING EVEN MORE VALUABLE ANSWER SHOULD CLEARLY BE YES TO COLLEGE FOR MOST EVIDENCE FOR INDIVIDUAL BENEFITS IS OVERWHELMING LIST OF NON-FINANCIAL BENEFITS QUOTE: SPENDING IS JUSTIFIED BENEFITS OF COLLEGE ARE MORE THAN JUST FINANCIAL COLLEGE EDUCATION GRANTS INTERGENERATIONAL BENEFITS AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES ARE AMAZING PAYOFF IS UNKNOWN BUT ITS A ASMART BET COLLEGE GRADS ARE LESS LIKELY TO GO TO PRISON OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE OF BENEFITS OF COLLEGE

COSTS ARENT SO BAD AFTER ALL (COSTS) 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. PRESS IS JUST BEING ALARMIST ABOUT DECLINING VALUE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PREDICTING COLLEGE FAILURE FOR YEARS COSTS DONT OUTWEIGH BENEFITS FOR MOST PEOPLE WE HAVE NOT REACHED COSTS>BENEFITS TIPPING POINT TIME COST HAS DECLINED OPPORTUNITY COST TO COLLEGE DECLINING

TAKE COLLEGE WHILE YOURE IN PRISON (PRIS) 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. COLLEGE EDUCATION IN PRISON REDUCES RECIDIVISM THE MORE EDUCATION, THE LOWER THE RECIDIVISM RATE COLLEGE EDUCATION KEY TO REDUCING INCARCERATION COLLEGE EDUCATION IN PRISON IS COST EFFECTIVE COLLEGE IN PRISON ALLOWS EX-OFFENDERS TO GET JOBS COLLEGE IN PRISON MAKES PRISON SAFER AND FRIENDLIER

ANSWERS-TO (A/T) 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. A/T COLLEGE IS LOSING ECONOMIC VALUE TO GRADUATES A/T COLLEGE DROPOUTS LIKE GATES OR ZUCKERBERG A/T DEBT A/T SPECIFIC ONE-PERSON EXAMPLES: PROBABLY GOT BETTER A/T MAKE MORE MONEY BY WORKING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL A/T MORE COLLEGE GRADS BAD FOR SOCIETY A/T COLLEGE DOESNT TEACH USEFUL JOB SKILLS A/T COLLEGE LOSING ECONOMIC VALUE AS SELECTOR A/T COLLEGE WAGE GAP IS DUE TO ALREADY SMART PEOPLE GOING A/T MARGINAL STUDENTS SHOULDNT GO TO COLLEGE A/T SIGNALLING METHOD AND/OR NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES A/T FOREGONE WAGES AND DEBT

84. A/T CORRELATION, NOT CAUSATION (VOTING) 85. A/T CORRELATION, NOT CAUSATION (VOLUNTEERISM) 86. A/T HUGE DEBT NUMBERS